100K Jobs Mission Employer Profile: W.W. Grainger

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Grainger helps customers save time and money by providing them the right products to keep their facilities up and running. Grainger's customers are two million businesses and institutions in more than 150 countries. While each customer has a unique facility to operate and a different problem to solve, they all share the same requirement: When they need one of Grainger's products, they often need it right away.

With more than 22,400 team members, the Grainger team works closely with customers to understand their challenges better and provide cost-saving solutions. Grainger's team members serve customers around 96,000 times every day through multiple channels. With 2012 sales at $9 billion, Grainger is a Fortune 500 company and a perennial member of Fortune magazine's Most Admired Companies list.

Military Recruiting Programs

Grainger is a proud supporter of:

  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hiring Our Heroes
  • Hero 2 Hired
  • VA Hospitals Nationwide
  • Operation IMPACT, Network of Champions
  • U.S. Department of Labor Transition Assistance Program
  • 100,000 Jobs Mission

Grainger also has a Veteran and Military Supporters Business Resource Group that supports its team members who are military, Guard and Reserve, as well as their military spouses.

In addition, the company offers the Grainger Tools for Tomorrow® scholarship program, which awards financial assistance for tuition and books to outstanding students earning an associate's degree or certificate in the fields of electrical, plumbing, welding, facilities maintenance, machine technology, electronic systems, automotive repair and other industrial programs. One-half of the scholarships awarded each year are reserved for military veteran students.

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